Robert Craig Memorial Bridge, Double-leaf bascule bridge in Toledo, US.
The Robert Craig Memorial Bridge is a bascule bridge that spans the Maumee River in Toledo with four lanes of traffic connecting Summit Street and Front Street. Its leaves lift vertically to allow ships to pass beneath.
The bridge opened in 1957 as a replacement for an earlier structure at the same location. It originally served as part of Interstate 280 before becoming a local route in 2007.
The bridge honours Second Lieutenant Robert Craig, a Scottish-born Toledoan who received the Medal of Honor posthumously for actions in the Second World War. The name ties a federal highway crossing to a local serviceman rather than to a generic route number.
The bridge links Summit Street on the west bank with Front Street on the east, carrying State Route 65 since the Glass City Skyway opened. Its double-leaf bascule leaves rise for ships using the Maumee River channel, so crossings can pause while it is open. No bicycle path is documented on the structure.
For about fifty years the Craig Memorial Bridge was one of the few movable bridges carrying an Interstate highway, until the Veterans' Glass City Skyway opened in June 2007 and I-280 was rerouted. It then took over the local crossing role of the unnamed Ash Street–Consaul Street bridge demolished after it opened.
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